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“joan benham”

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  • Brilliant Green

    The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence

    by Stefano Mancuso, Alessandra Viola ...
    Translated by Joan Benham ...
    Are plants intelligent? Can they solve problems, communicate, and navigate their surroundings? Or are they passive, incapable of independent action or social behavior? Philosophers and scientists have pondered these questions since ancient Greece, most often concluding that plants are unthinking and inert: they are too silent, too sedentary -- just too different from us. Yet discoveries over the ... Read more

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    Brilliant Green

    The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence

    by Stefano Mancuso, Alessandra Viola ...
    Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 36 min

    Are plants intelligent? Can they solve problems, communicate, and navigate their surroundings? Or are they passive, incapable of independent action or social behavior? Philosophers and scientists have pondered these questions since ancient Greece, most often concluding that plants are unthinking and inert: they are too silent, too sedentary—just too different from us. Yet discoveries over the past ... Read more

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    Alien Oceans

    The Search for Life in the Depths of Space

    by Kevin Hand ...
    Narrated by Kevin Hand ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 20 min

    This audiobook narrated by pioneering NASA scientist Kevin Peter Hand takes you inside the epic quest to find life on the water-rich moons at the outer reaches of the solar systemWhere is the best place to find life beyond Earth? We often look to Mars as the most promising site in our solar system, but recent scientific missions have revealed that some of the most habitable real estate may ... Read more

    $20.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Well-Connected Animal

    Social Networks and the Wondrous Complexity of Animal Societies

    by Lee Alan Dugatkin ...
    Narrated by Patrick Lawlor ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 16 min

    An engaging exploration of the wondrous social webs that permeate life in animal societies around the world.It's all about who you know. Whether vampire bats sharing blood meals for survival, field crickets remembering champion fighters, macaque monkeys forming grooming pacts after a deadly hurricane, or great tit birds learning the best way to steal milk—it pays to be well connected.In this tour ... Read more

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    Why Do We Exist?

    The Nine Realms of Universe that Make You Possible

    by Hakeem Oluseyi ...
    Narrated by Hakeem Oluseyi ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 16 min

    A boundary-breaking astrophysicist reimagines the universe—and our place within it—in this audacious journey through the Nine Realms of the cosmos.The universe gave rise to everything: stars and cells, minds and memories, purpose and pain. But it doesn’t care about us. It follows its own rules. And now, according to Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi, we finally understand enough about those rules to ask the big ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

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    Beyond Inheritance

    Our Ever-Mutating Cells and a New Understanding of Health

    by Roxanne Khamsi ...
    Narrated by Roxanne Khamsi ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 39 min

    **“Constantly fascinating and impeccably reported...You won’t look at yourself in the same way again.” —Ed Yong, bestselling author of An Immense World and I Contain MultitudesA captivating exploration of the remarkable ways our DNA mutates over the course of our lives, with radical implications for the future of medicine**Our DNA is the indispensable set of instructions that guides our growth and ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

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    The Conscious Mind

    by Zoltan Torey ...
    Narrated by Don Hagen ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 32 min

    How did the human mind emerge from the collection of neurons that makes up the brain? How did the brain acquire self-awareness, functional autonomy, language, and the ability to think, to understand itself and the world? In this volume in the Essential Knowledge series, Zoltan Torey offers an accessible and concise description of the evolutionary breakthrough that created the human mind. Drawing ... Read more

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    The Power of Beliefs

    How Strengthening Seven Core Beliefs Predicts Greater Success and a Better Life

    by Shawn Achor ...
    Narrated by Shawn Achor ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 11 min

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The internationally bestselling author of The Happiness Advantage and Big Potential illuminates how harnessing our beliefs can influence our success in the real world.Same world. Different beliefs. Different outcomes.The greatest predictor of your future is the beliefs you hold about the world. In this extraordinary book, world-renowned researcher and author Shawn Achor ... Read more

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    Llewellyn's Complete Book of Meditation

    A Comprehensive Guide to Effective Techniques for Calming Your Mind and Spirit

    by Shai Tubali ...
    Narrated by Joshua Saxon ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 58 min

    Enjoy a healthier and happier life with reduced stress, decreased pain, improved sleep, lengthened attention span, and fewer age-related memory problems. The key to these and other benefits? Meditation.Appropriate for practitioners of all skill levels, this new addition to Llewellyn's Complete Book Series features thirty-five fundamental meditation techniques from traditions around the globe, ... Read more

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  • Why Do We Exist?

    The Nine Realms of Universe that Make You Possible

    by Hakeem Oluseyi ...
    A boundary-breaking astrophysicist reimagines the universe—and our place within it—in this audacious journey through the Nine Realms of the cosmos.“This book explains the universe and then quietly explains you. Which is unfair, because I was just trying to read about space. . . . Smart, funny, and unexpectedly moving.”—Sarah Silverman, comedianThe universe gave rise to everything: stars and cells, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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    Meet the Neighbors

    Animal Minds and Life in a More-than-Human World

    by Brandon Keim ...
    Narrated by Paul Woodson ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 36 min

    Honeybees deliberate democratically. Rats reflect on the past. Snakes have friends. In recent decades, our understanding of animal cognition has exploded, making it indisputably clear that the cities and landscapes around us are filled with thinking, feeling individuals besides ourselves. But the way we relate to wild animals has yet to catch up. In Meet the Neighbors, science journalist Brandon ... Read more

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  • Beyond Inheritance

    Our Ever-Mutating Cells and a New Understanding of Health

    by Roxanne Khamsi ...
    **“Constantly fascinating and impeccably reported...You won’t look at yourself in the same way again.” —Ed Yong, bestselling author of An Immense World and I Contain MultitudesA captivating exploration of the remarkable ways our DNA mutates over the course of our lives, with radical implications for the future of medicine**Our DNA is the indispensable set of instructions that guides our growth and ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook